Thursday, February 7, 2013

Read & Blog

Read Mark 1-5
After you have done the reading BLOG about what you discovered in the reading that was different and similar to Matthew's gospel

Due: Friday, Feb 8th

41 comments:

  1. The story of Matthew tells the story of Jesus’ birth which Mark does not. Matthew is filled with details about Mary, the angel, and the birth of Jesus but Mark does not have any of that. Both Gospels include the 40 day temptation by Satan to Jesus. Jesus miracles are mentioned more often in Mark than in Matthew. Both talk about Jesus sleeping on the ship and both mention the disciples wakening him and Jesus asking why they are they fearful, do they not have faith.

    Mary Elizabeth

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  2. Jesus is in the wilderness again for 40 days and being tempted by Satan. Jesus seems like he is always busy in Mark and is never pausing in all those miracles, casting out demons,and healing the parlyzed and what not. There seems like are many crowds that are fanatic about Jesus in Mark and not so many in Matthew. Like Matthew, the 4 types of soil parable thing is mentioned again. And then there's the pig/demon story. I'd say they are more alike than different. -lauren lowery

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  4. The book of Matthew opes up with the genealogy of Jesus, but the book of mark opens up with John the Baptist. The book of Matthew also goes into detail about Jesus' early life, while Mark goes straight into his ministry years. Both books have Jesus being baptized by John the Baptist, and then Jesus being tempted in the wild for 40 days. Jesus also preforms miracles in both books, such as healing the sick and diseased, as well as casting out demons in people. Matthew and Mark also have some of the same parables Jesus teaches. Jesus also calms the storm on the lake in both.
    -Aaron Reaves

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  5. Mark starts with John the Baptist and Matthew starts with the genealogy of Jesus. Mark also doesn't talk about the birth of Jesus or anything having to do with Jesus' family. Mark has more parables and stories of Jesus and Matthew has more to do with the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount which is something else that Mark didn't have. As far a similarities go, both books speak of the temptation of Jesus and the baptism of Jesus and the healing of the sick.

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  6. In the book of Matthew, there is much written about Jesus' childhood and events leading up to his ministry. The book of Mark begins with John the Baptist preparing the way and baptizing then jumps straight into Jesus' ministry without mentioning his early life. There are many of the same miracles and parables in both of the gospels, but Mark seems to focus more on Jesus' power and amazing things he did than Matthew does. Another difference is that the parables and miracles Jesus said and performed are not in the same order in the two gospels. -annalee appling

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  7. Matthew and mark are both similar and different in many ways. First Matthew gives more detail on Jesus from birth, while Mark goes more into John the Baptist preparing the way for Jesus. They each have parable and stories, but Mark goes a bit more in depth about the stories themselves and the condition Jesus was in when he told the story. Although they are different in these ways both books tell the story of Jesus.

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  8. In Matthew it talks about Jesus' birth and a few stories about Jesus as a child; But in Mark it doesn't talk about when Jesus was younger, it talks more about His ministry.Matthew talks about the genealogy of Jesus and Mark doesn't. There are a few of the same parables in both Matthew and Mark, Jesus was tempted in the wilderness by satin in both gospels, they both also mention the storm that came up while the disciples and Jesus were at sea. Both gospels mention Jesus preforming Miracles. Overall, Matthew and Mark were pretty similar, but you could tell they were written from different points of views.

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  9. Matthew and Mark both discuss the works and life of Jesus. However, Mark does not write about Jesus' birth or early life; He jumps straight to his ministry and mature life. Matthew talks about the birth and youth of Jesus. They both talk about Jesus' life and ministry.

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  10. Matthew and Mark have similar and different characteristics. The book of Matthew starts off with the genealogy of Jesus and His birth and childhood, but Mark skips to Jesus being baptized by John the Baptist. Mark skips straight to Jesus' ministry. In both books, there is similar stories and parables. Some examples are the story of the farmer,the calling of the first disciples, and Jesus calming the sea. In Mark, the order of the stories and parables and the point of view is different.

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  11. Matthew and Mark are both very similar with each talking about Jesus' ministry, the miracles he perfected, and his many parables. However Matthew starts off with the birth of Jesus and Mark starts out with John the Baptist paving the way and Jesus' ministry rather than his birth like Courtney said.

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  12. Matthew's Gospel accounted the ancestry of Jesus, the Nativity, and the childhood of Jesus. Mark's Gospel starts out with Jesus' baptism with John the Baptist and heads straight into Jesus' ministry. Mark emphasizes the works and ministry of Jesus and his disciples. Matthew's Gospel had a longer description of the events of the Feeding of the 5000 and the Walking on the Water. Mark's Gospel is very action packed and does not focus on travel. Mark's gospel accounts for many of the parables that were seen in Matthew but the order of the events are different.

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  13. Matthew establishes the foundation of his book by giving an account of the birth of Jesus and His childhood while Mark begins with Jesus' baptism as an adult to set the stage for Jesus' ministry. Both tell the story of how Jesus was tempted in the wilderness by satan for 40 days. Both give an account of Jesus calming the storm, healing the sick and demon-possessed, and ressurecting a dead girl. Also, both give the stories of Jesus' parables like the mustard seed, how He has authority over the sabbath, and how a person's faith is measured by comparing it to how seeds sprout on different soil. Both are also different in the fact that Mark goes into more detail about the story of the demon-possessed man and the pigs, how he cast out an evil spirit while teaching in the synagogues,and etc.

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  14. Mark's Gospel focuses more on Jesus' miracles rather than in Matthew it focuses on His birth. It also does not go into to detail about Jesus going into the wilderness and being tempted by the devil.

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  15. Matthew and Mark have some similarities and differences. Matthew starts out with the birth of Jesus and his early years. While Mark starts with the birth of John the Baptist and the baptizing of Jesus. After this, Mark skips right into Jesus' Ministry. Many of the parables were the same although some were not added that were in Matthew. The stories in Mark's gospel were not in the same order as the one's of Matthew.

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  16. The book of Mark, unlike the book of Matthew, does not begin with an account of the birth and childhood of Jesus, but instead skips to telling of John the Baptist pointing the way to Christ. Then it skips to Jesus' baptism and testing in the wilderness, but does not give as much detail as Matthew as to how the devil tempts Jesus. Many of the parables are the same or similar, but Mark focuses at first on mostly the miracles Jesus preformed. Mark tells of Jesus being Lord over the Sabbath, and mentions a man named Legion who had an impure spirit (Instead of 'demons', Mark calls them 'impure spirits').

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  17. First off, obviously, is how Mark skips the "Christmas story" and goes almost directly into John the Baptist. Also, I see that Mark is always having the story rush to things without the travelling or time in-between. We can see this by his uses of "as soon as" and a repetitive "Then." There is the difference is the story of the Paralytic too. In Mark we see four friends and a hole in the roof that we did not in Matthew. Also, I see a greater focus on Jesus' ministry in Capernaum, while in Matthew all we see is that it is mentioned once as to where Jesus "lived." Finally, I noticed a new sermon, this one from a boat, that was not in Matthew. -Jacob Cardis

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  18. The book of Matthew opes up with the genealogy of Jesus, but the book of mark opens up with John the Baptist.Then it skips to Jesus' baptism and testing in the wilderness, but does not give as much detail as Matthew as to how the devil tempts Jesus.Both give an account of Jesus calming the storm, healing the sick and demon-possessed, and ressurecting a girl who had died. They are both different but tell the story of Jesus.
    Sydney W

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  19. Mark opens up with the baptism of Jesus. MAtthew opens with his childhood and geneology. Both books contain some of the same stories. The books were written at different times and by different people and sories change. They both contain Jesus also going into the wilderness and being temptedby Satan. the fact that the stories were written by different people and differeent times prooves the trueness of our gospel.

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  20. The book of Matthew begins with the geneology of Jesus, then goes into the story of the birth of Jesus and John the Baptist preparing the way, which then leads to Jesus' ministry. The book of Mark begins with John the Baptist preparing the way and then goes straight into Jesus' ministry which includes the healings, the appointing of the twelve, and the parables. Both books include the temption,John the Baptist, and Jesus' ministry.

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  21. In the gospel of Matthew, we learned Jesus' power over four main things: sickness/disease, natural forces, evil spirits, and sin(power to forgive). His power over those appear in that order in Matthew, and they also are portrayed in the book of Mark but not in the same order. Jesus' power over these things happen first by power over evil spirits followed by power over sickness, power to forgive sin, and power over nature (with extra examples mixed in). His authority over these things is seen through similar and different stories, stressing his power over evil spirits.

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  22. The Gospel of Mark begins with John the Baptist preparing the way for Jesus as prophesied in Isaiah while Matthew begins with the genealogy of Jesus. Mark then skips the entire birth and childhood of Jesus and goes straight to the baptism by John and temptation by the Devil. Jesus then goes on to call his twelve disciples and heal many(he casts out demons and cures illnesses). Both Matthew and Mark include parables. I believe the most important lesson in these six chapters of Mark is Jesus explained that he came not to call the righteous, but the sinners.

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  23. Matthew begins with the birth of Jesus while the book of Mark begins with the baptism of Jesus. Mark begins with Jesus ministry and doesn't talk about the story of his birth at all. They both go into great detail about the miracles and many healings of Jesus' ministry. They both describe the story that Jesus is tempted by Satan in the desert for 40 days. They also talk about the same miracles, included the demons being drived into the pigs, the many healings of sick people, and even healing of a dead little girl. Also, both books use Jesus' parables to describe many truths, including the parable of the mustard seed.
    -Mary Madison

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  24. The Gospel of Mark opens differently from Matthew, it starts with John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus. Mark does not include Jesus' younger years, but still includes many of the miraculous events. Some including the many healings, particularly the paralytic and dead girl, Jesus casting the demons into the pigs, and others. Mark also includes the 40 days Satan tempted Jesus, yet it was not as detailed as in Matthew. One of the last things that both gospels include is the Parable of he Mustard Seed. Both books are extremely insightful and include other parables and teachings that can be applied to your life directly.

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  25. Matthew starts off with the genealogy and birth of Jesus. Mark skips right up to John the baptist. Mark doesn't go into the same depth of the sermon on the mount as Matthew did. Both of these books, however, cover the temptations from Satan in the wilderness for forty days, healings of the sick and injured, casting the demons into the pigs, raising the 12 year old girl from the dead and calming the storm. Mark has parables such as: The Parable of The Sower, but Matthew has many more parables and teachings than Mark (mostly found in the Sermon on the Mount).

    Lizzie Reed

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  26. In the Gospel of Matthew we start of with the birth of Jesus. however it starts out differently in Mark. Instead we see Jesus getting baptized by John. After this, in both of the gospels, Jesus heads out in to the wilderness for forty days where he is tempted by the Devil. We also see in both of the gospels a story of a paralytic. The difference is that in Mark the paralytic goes through the ceiling to get to Jesus. While in Matthews he does not.

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  27. Mark is much more straight forward and deliberate with what he says, in that he completely skips the birth of Jesus and goes straight to the paving the way of his ministry by John the Baptist, the first direct story of Jesus is his baptism. John really tells us how great Jesus is when he tells people how he his unworthy of untying Jesus' sandals. they are similar in that both books show Jesus preparing to begin his ministry by going out into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

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  28. Matthew and Mark are very similar books. But Matthew starts off with the birth of Jesus and gives a detailed description of him growing up and his ministry. Mark does no give this same description of Jesus' early life. Although both of these Gospels tell us about how Satan tempted Jesus. Mark also shares a couple of parables that Matthew had but Matthew had a lot more because Mark does not have The Sermon on the Mount.

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  29. in the book of matthew unlike the book of mark it starts of with the geneology of jesus while the book of mark starts with the sermons of jesus. in mark unlike matthew a story is told of a paralyzed man being rasied through the roof and then healed.
    -John Gordon Thigpin

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  30. the book of matthew tells jesus' geneology and birth story as in mark he just starts off with jesus' teachings and parables. both books mention john the baptist but in mark, its the first thing mentioned as matthew just leads into it after the birth story. mark also doesnt have the sermon on the mount

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  31. Mark begins with Jesus' ministry and baptism while Matthew begins with Jesus' actual birth. Both talk of the parables like the mustard seed and soil level. Both also tell of Jesus' miracles such as calming the storm and the pig possessions but Mark goes into more detail in some than Matthew does.

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  32. Matthew tells of Jesus's birth while Mark goes straight to the teachings. They both told simmilar stories like the temptations of Jesus but the main thing Mark didnt have was the Sermon on the Mt. Mark also didnt have near as many parables as Matthew.

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  33. Matthew starts with the birth of Jesus and the genealogy of Jesus while Mark starts with John the Baptist and his preaching. Although they both include the same stories, they are told differently. For example, the story of the paralyzed man in Mark says he went through the roof, yet that is not mentioned in Matthew. Mark goes into much more detail than Matthew.

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  34. The book of Matthew starts with the birth and genealogy of Jesus, but Mark starts with Jesus' teachings. Some of the same stories are included. Like Jesus calming the storm, Jesus casting the demons into the pigs, and Jesus' 40 days in the wilderness. They both mention John the Baptist, but in Mark he's the first thing mentioned. There also weren't as many parables in Mark as there were in Matthew.
    -Kayla Robinson

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  35. The book of Matthew goes into great detail about Jesus' birth and childhood. It describes many amazing parables and miracles of Jesus. Matthew is the backbone for Mark. Mark has alot more detail but is based off of Matthew.
    By the way, this is Cheyenne. I don't have a google account and I'm using my cousin's email.

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  36. Mark begins with Jesus' ministry while Matthew starts off with Jesus' birth. Mark also describes Jesus' baptism. The book of mark actually, however, starts by talking about John the Baptist. John the Baptist is also in Matthew but he doesn't come into it until later on in the story. Both Mark and Matthew talk about parables and the miracles that Jesus' performed.

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  37. Matthew talks about the geneology and birth of Jesus. Later on,it talks about how John the Baptist preapres the Way and the Baptism of Jesus. In Matthew the are more lessons to learn and teachings than miracles. In Mark, it starts off with John the Baptist preparing the Way and the baptism of Jesus. Then it goes on and shows us a lot of miracles that Jesus performed. Jesus performs miracles in both Matthew and Mark. They both talk about the baptism of Jesus.

    In Matthew, Jesus gives the principles for living as citizens of God's kingdom. Mark mainly focuses on Jesus as Messiah and Son of God. Mark reports the disciples difficulties. In Mark,the disciples misunderstand and fail

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  38. In the book of Mattew, it opens up with Jesus' genealogy and progresses its way to Jesus' birth. Mark begins with Jesus' teachings and the later years of his life instead of the His younger years. Mark mainly focuses on Jesus' teaching whereas the beginning of Matthew focuses on His early life and birth.

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  39. Rather than beginning with Jesus' genealogy as in Matthew, Mark opens with John the Baptist preparing the way for the Lord. Matthew tells much of Jesus' birth and early life before addressing his ministry. Mark, however, immediately tells of the ministry and does not describe Jesus' childhood. Matthew and Mark both include many of Jesus' miracles, although they are not described in the same order.

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  40. Instead of starting with the Genealogy like in matthew. Mark is alot more direct and matthew tends to draw things out. Although the two gospels share some of the same stories, both provide diffrent point of views and insight into the story.

    -Kathlyn Beall

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